October 2014 Next Meeting: October 15th, 2014 AMA Chartered Club # 139 Web Site: http://flypcc.org/ Field Phone: 650-712-4423 President Mike Solaegui 415-314-6261 mikes@perfectedgecutlery.com Vice President Rich Symmons 650-712-0471 rsymmons@aol.com Secretary Dennis Lowry 415-285-4496 dennis.lowry@groupdelphi.com Treasurer Greg Romine 650-736-7230 gsromine@stanford.edu Field Safety Officer / Webmaster Matt Abrams 415-370-3323 matt@matt-abrams.com Flight Proficiency Chairman Ray Granz Looking for it. geriray15@aol.com Editor Brian Chan 650-867-8813 pcceditor@gmail.com WHAT S HAPPENING @ PCC By the time you read this, couple of the PCC members and ex-members had left the area. Mike and Cathy Nadler, they moved to Sacramento area; Warren and Simone Olson moved to Auburn to be closer to family. We wish them health and happiness in their new homes! Mike Klass chatting with Warren and Simone at a farewell party for the Olsons. Cathy and Mike Nadler. Mike was once the Vice President of PCC back in the 90's. 1
MEETING MINUTES Mike Solaegui RENEWAL TIME AGAIN!! August and September meeting notes combined and condensed. Ellsworth Crowell is to be removed as signer for the CD. The three signers will be Ken Martinez, Harry Smith and Ray Squires, two signatures are required to transfer, withdraw or modify the CD. Both meetings where well attended and conducted as usual. UPCOMING EVENTS Mike for Dennis October 15 PCC Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Dave Chetcuti Rm, Millbrae 18 SAM21 1/2A-Sp400 contest, DWARF Field, San Jose 18 Fun Fly, Livermore Flying Electrons, Livermore http://www.lferc.com 18-19 HMB Pumpkin Festival, HMB 25 Bayside RC Auction, Fremont, Ca http://www.baysidercclub.com 31 Halloween, watch out for those gremlins on the road! November 1 SCCMAS Fall Swap Meet, Morgan Hill, Ca 11 Veteran's Day, USA 19 PCC Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Dave Chetcuti Rm, Millbrae PCC Membership Dues are due! 27 Thanksgiving Day, USA December 17 PCC Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Dave Chetcuti Rm, Millbrae 25 Christmas 31 New year's Eve See http://www.ncrcs.com/ for more detailed information. If you know any event that you would like me to post it here, please email the information to me, pcceditor@gmail.com Yes, how time flies when you are having fun! It is that time again, slowly approaching Thanksgiving and Christmas! It is time to renew your PCC and AMA membership. Renew your AMA membership now in order to get the 2015 Card before January. AMA renewal can be done online @ https://www.modelaircraft.org/joinrenew.aspx 2015 AMA membership is required to renew your 2015 PCC membership, NO EXCEPTION! You can also visit http://www.modelaircraft.org to learn about special options for AMA members including alphanumeric AMA numbers. When you receive your 2015 AMA card, mail a copy of it along with your $125.00 ($100.00 Dues + $25.00 field fee) check made out to PCC to: PCC Treasurer 1779 Woodland Ave., Ste. #28 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Or bring your AMA card and a check (or cash!) to the next PCC meeting. Dues are $100.00+$25.00 if paid before the New Year, $110.00+$25.00 after January 1 st 2015. It will be $120.00+$25.00 if paid after February 1 st! If you have not paid after March 1st, you are no long member of PCC and required to reapply. *If you prefer filling in a paper form and mail it in, you can down load a 2015 AMA membership application form at http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/902.pdf HMB Pumpkin Fest is on October 18 and 19, traffic is going to be bad. Actually traffic will be bad in the late mornings till 4-5 pm on the weekends till after Christmas. Plan your trip to the field accordingly. 2
AIRCRAFTS FOR SALE When Mike Nadler left the area for his new place, he had given several airplanes to me to put up for sale and the proceeds will be donated to the PCC treasury. The first one sports a low wing tail-dragger, make and model unknown. It has a 0.45 cu.in. engine (make unknown but it is not frozen) with a tuned pipe muffler. Wingspan is about 60 inches. It has all the radio gear in it, including a 72 MHz Hitec receiver, but battery condition unknown. The second plane is a Dura-Plane. Engine is a Fox 0.45 cu. in. ( engine is not frozen). Wingspan is about 58 inches. It has all the servos. Both planes are in pretty good shape, they required minimal work to get them in the air. If you are interested in these planes, please contact me at pcceditor@gmail.com. 3
LOOK WHO IS HERE! While some are moving out and look who came back two weeks in a row (only for a visit!) RANDOM SIGHTINGS AT THE FIELD Phil said he actually misses us and also misses all the camaraderie (spells harassment) we gave him! Mark Heckman's Parkmaster with an interesting pilot. MIA! Did you see me? I was lost on September 30th in Half Moon Bay. I am a Playboy model with an Elfin diesel engine, last seen flying East over the coastal hills east of Hwy 1 about 7 miles south of Half Moon Bay. My owner would like to have me back!* One very happy Tommy Robinson! Ken and his (now lost) Playboy Jr. *Update: Ken located the lost plane on Oct 5th. The plane landed in some high bushes about 1 mile from the field. Full house in the parking lot! Not bad for a gloomy overcast day. 4
BLAST FROM THE PAST! George, a prospective member, with his new toys. Ellsworth at Alves Diary Field, September 1969. Ray Granz's electric powered Sopwith Camel. Doug Lee(I think!) and Paul Lum, circa 1973-ish! As usual, flying is not EVERYTHING! There are always time for eating, talking! One big happy family exchanging wild tales! Alonzo Richardson and his Chaos(?) 5
Next Meeting: Wednesday, OCtober 15th, 7:30 p.m. Time to renew your AMA and PCC memberships! 6